Bacteria can work as antibody factories
Scientists from Cornell University and New England Biolabs have engineered E. coli as an antibody expression platform. The molecular machinery necessary for antibody production was...
Bioengineering
Bioengineering
Engineering applied to living systems: tissue constructs, biomaterials, devices and the hardware bridging biology and fabrication.
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Cell Differentiation Controled with Light
Researchers from the University of California in San Francisco have discovered how to differentiate embryonic stem cells (ESCs) with light. Irradiation with beams of light transformed...
Bioengineering
Microchip Quickly Detects Defects in Donor Lungs
Researchers from the University of Toronto have developed a microchip that detects biomarkers for lung assessment for transplantation. The microchip will detect lungs damaged...
Bioengineering
Thermo Fisher Introduces Flexible All-In-One NGS Systems
New benchtop Next Generation Sequencing Systems released by Thermo Fisher: designed with flexibility in mind for multiple research areas. The Ion 5 and Ion S5 XL...
Bioengineering
Artificial Nerve-like Structures Made with a Biological System
Scientists from Sandia National Laboratories have used natural proteines to create nerve-like structures out of artificial polymers. The biologically linked nanotubes could convey electrical impulses. The...
Basic Research
Universal Flu Vaccine Successful in Animals
Two independent research groups have successfully tested a universal flu vaccine in animals. Mice, ferrets and monkeys were infected with different flu strains and treated with...
Bioengineering
Synthorx Makes its First Proteins with Novel Amino Acids
Synthorx Inc, a little known biotech startup from California, has announced success in creating in-vivo DNA with synthetic nucleic acids. The feat was possible thanks...
Bioengineering
Two Developments Take Humans Closer to Immortality
Researchers at Stanford and IBM announced two separate yet closely connected discoveries that bring us closer to immortality, the ones shown in movies like Self/less...
Bioengineering